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Alberta’s jobless rate rising since July

Since July 2022, Alberta’s unemployment rate has been rising, having increased a full percentage point in the last 6 months. That’s the highest increase outside of Atlantic Canada.

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Alberta’s top employing industries in 2022

Earlier this month, Statistics Canada released the annual statistics for labour force characteristics by industry. I went through them to see which industries employed the most people in Alberta.

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Did Jason Kenney create more jobs with his corporate tax cut?

Sort of. But there’s something you should know.

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AB sees record oil extraction, but not record oil jobs

Since 2014, Alberta’s oil & gas industry has increased annual production to an additional 4.1 million cubic metres. But they did it with 34,000 fewer workers.

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Alberta oil & gas lost 10,000s of jobs yet produced more oil

Since 2014, Alberta’s oil & gas industry has increased annual production to an additional 4.4 million cubic metres. But they did it with 41,000 fewer workers.

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My response to Erin O’Toole’s plan to “secure Canada’s future”

The federal Conservatives have released their preliminary campaign platform. Here’s what I think of it.

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Opinion

Oil & gas projects provide tax revenue & create jobs. So what?

Specific projects should be judged based on their specific benefits, not benefits they share with hundreds of other projects.

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Federal Liberals to cover 80% of repair costs for Alberta government buildings

Earlier this month, the provincial government announced $11.6 million in infrastructure spending for 6 projects in Calgary, Edmonton, and Wetaskiwin. The projects include retrofits, repairs, and upgrades to 6 provincial buildings in these communities. About 80% of the funding will come from the federal government, $9.2 million to be more precise. The remaining 20%—about $2.32 […]

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Is Kenney really worried about losing thousands of construction jobs?

Because the 2,000 construction jobs lost through the cancellation of Keystone XL pale to the number lost since 2015.

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Survey: Disconnect between SW Alberta jobs and job seekers

A recently released 12-month survey found expectation differences between employers and job seekers as the region attempts to fill 8,400 jobs over the next 5 years.